It terrifies Bruce, a little, that the first time Batman and Robin pull up to a mauling victim, Robin is acutely calm.
The girl is young, and Batman and Robin were made known to the scene pretty quickly as Batman scares off the dog with a taser.
Despite being the adult, he balks a little at how well Dick handles the toddler in front of him.
Later on, when the girl is seen by paramedics and the mother is finally calmed after being assured that the only physical damage present would be some scarring on her left leg, Bruce takes Dick out for ice cream for being so brave.
Then again, Dick was the one to threaten death upon his parents' murder at the ripe age of 9.
But the incident is filed away, deep in the archives of the BatComputer.
Dick is much older, and has seen much more, but he's still calm when one of his brothers is half-torn apart by a shark on an impulsive surfing trip with their hero friends.
Everyone is panicking because as much as they'd loathe to admit, seeing something that gory is so completely different than being in costume (because being in costume means they're at the very least prepared).
But Dick is calm, and his first aid more immaculate than ever.
When someone asks him about it, how he can stay so calm, he's suddenly 7 again.
He's 7 again and watching his Uncle-not-really-uncle getting mauled by one of the sick tigers. He's watching as his father rushes to help and calms the crowd down.
When he asks his father why he was not scared, he receives this.
"I was terrified for my friend, but panic makes your hands shake, makes you slow. He did not need my fear, he needed me."
